The Weird Compendium: Starred Rave Review in Publishers Weekly

March 27, 2012

Extremely thrilled that Publishers Weekly has given The Weird Compendium, out from Tor in May(ebook available now) a starred and boxed review. It’s a stunner, an absolute rave. Many thanks to the reviewer for understanding what we were trying to do. Here’s part of the review. You can read the whole thing online.

“Ambitious in the extreme, the Vandermeers’ latest genre-blurring endeavor…is one of the most far-reaching and inclusive speculative anthologies to ever see print. Alongside familiar names—from Lovecraft and Kafka to Link and Kiernan—the Vandermeers unveil a menagerie of obscure authors and impressive stories from around the world….This standard-setting compilation is a deeply affectionate and respectful history of speculative fiction’s blurry edges [with] stunning diversity, excellent quality.” – Publishers Weekly

We believe we’ll be in New York City in June to promote the anthology, and be doing interviews, etc., for various places. Also expect much more media coverage

looking forward to owning this milestone anthology, Vandermeers rule! Where will we find you in NYC? Forbidden Planet bookstore? (where I will be buying my copy ASAP), or The White Horse Tavern on Hudson St, for a little literary shop talk, in Dylan Thomas’ favorite watering hole?

About Jeff VanderMeer

Photo by Kyle Cassidy

Jeff VanderMeer's most recent fiction is the NYT-bestselling Southern Reach trilogy (Annihilation, Authority, and Acceptance), released in 2014 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Foreign rights have sold in 17 countries and the movie rights have been acquired by Paramount Pictures/Scott Rudin Productions. His latest nonfiction books include Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction (Abrams Image). His nonfiction has appeared in the New York Times, the Guardian, the Washington Post, Atlantic.com, Vulture.com, and the Los Angeles Times. VanderMeer recently taught at the Yale Writers’ Conference and has lectured at MIT and the Library of Congress. You can contact him at pressinfo at vandermeercreative.com. (Author photo by Kyle Cassidy.) More...